Rhythm Sangwan finished third in the final with a score of 219.1, behind Olympic champion Anna Korakaki of Greece and gold medalist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. It was Rhythm Sangwan's first individual senior medal at the World Cup of Shooting.
The 22-member Indian squad have their full quota of three medal contenders in each event who will look to impress ahead of what will be the squad's last international assignment before the crucial world championships in August
Four-time Olympian Manavjit Singh Sandhu, drew on all his experience to win the men's trap competition in the T3 Shotgun National Selection Trials. India's most recent ISSF World Cup gold medal winner Sarabjot Singh of Haryana, clinched the men's 10m air pistol T4 trial. At the same time, st
Shiva Narwal outgunned Punjab's Arjun Singh Cheema 17-7 in the gold medal match while Neha overcame Rhythm Sangwan 17-9 in the women's title decider. Neha took a tougher route to her victory. She qualified eighth with a score of 573. In fact, the top three were the bottom three in qualifying
Shahu Tushar Mane in the men's 10m Air Rifle and Shiva Narwal in the men's 10m Air Pistol are the two new names in the squad from the Bhopal World Cup. Shiva Narwal also posted a score of 585 in Bhopal while playing for ranking points, which was incidentally also the top qualifying score in
The two gold medals put India on top of the medals tally at the ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol shooters. Varun Tomar also won the bronze medal in the men's 10m air pistol event on Sunday
Shiva won Gold in the 2020 edition of the Khelo India Youth Games and then again in the 2021 edition of the Games. The 17-year-old, also made his senior debut at the Egypt World Championships last year and had even come close to winning the Paris Olympic Quota when reached the Finals of the
Olympian Manu Bhaker won the junior women's air pistol with a similarly tight 17-13 victory over Telangana's Esha Singh. Rhythm was yet again in bronze position however she did win the gold in the Youth category, with a 16-12 win over Sanskriti.